Jan Leike - AI alignment atOpenAI

Jeremie Harris chats empirical alignment research, recursive reward modeling, and a possible alignment MVP with Jan Leike, the head of AI alignment at OpenAI. Intro music: ➞ Artist: Ron Gelinas ➞ Track Title: Daybreak Chill Blend (original mix) ➞ Link to Track: 0:00 Intro 1:35 Jan’s background 7:10 Timing of scalable solutions 16:30 Recursive reward modeling 24:30 Amplification of misalignment 31:00 Community focus 32:55 Wireheading 41:30 Arguments against the democratization of AIs 49:30 Differences between capabilities and alignment 51:15 Research to focus on 1:01:45 Formalizing an understanding of personal experience 1:04:04 OpenAI hiring 1:05:02 Wrap-up